First Brain Study Reveals Benefits Of Exercise On Quitting Smoking
Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
Research reveals for the first time, that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette cravings. The study shows how exercise changes the way the brain processes information among smokers, thereby reducing their cravings for nicotine. For the first time, researchers used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to investigate how the brain processes images of cigarettes after exercise.
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